Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) [DIGITAL CODE EXPIRED VERSION]

Michael Bay's third installment of "Transformers" is worth every penny, even if all you want to do is show off your surround and high-definition setup, especially due to its astounding 7.1-channel Dolby TrueHD audio and relentless action scenes. To the story in a minute, but first, the sound is a big deal because few big pictures as of the end of 2011 are filmed in 7.1. The difference between 7.1 and the 5.1 that your ears are used to is mind blowing, assuming you have a 7.1 system. It fills all the corners of your listening space freakishly well, putting even the subtlest sounds in the corners of the room, behind the couch, under the couch. The movie gives you crystal clear stereo transitions and sounds that seem to snake around you, moving from one speaker to the next. Sounds are where they should be, and they can surprise you. Simply put, this is one of the richest sound experiences you can get in a movie, even without 7.1 I'd wager. Now, that story I promised. If you think "Dark of the Moon" is a rehashing of the same old stuff, you're not completely wrong. But the elements that made the first two movies work were pretty good. The Decepticons are back again with a plot to take over the world, and it's up to Sam and the Autobots to shut them down. Rounded characters and glimpses into the "Transformers" universe keep things interesting. Shia LaBeouf and the actors who portray his parents gel as well as ever, with Sam the ever-geeky comic with heart. And the guys won't be able to take their eyes off his girlfriend. Nearly every character has a motive and compels the story forward, and once it gets going, the action seems to never end. Bay takes us to the brink of Earth's destruction like never before. Perhaps there are only so many ways a robot can spin, dodge and attack another robot, but it never stops being fun to watch, especially with Bay's cinematic standards, with visuals so sharp and contrasty they almost hurt your eyes and animations that are still dumbfounding. You'll want to watch it again. In perspective, if this had been the first "Transformers," it would have been even more mind blowing. But if you can't walk away somehow enriched from some of the best visuals and audio on the planet, a compelling and fast-moving -- if not a bit complicated -- story, some of the most intense action ever, and the biggest-hearted robots in the universe, maybe movies aren't for you.

I pre-ordered the movie before it came out for $25 originally with the shipping option that it would get to me on the day of its release date(Sep. 30). The movie went down in price so I got $5 bucks back and I also got the movie delivered personally to me by an agent on the day before it was released (Sep. 29th) so BIG points for that. The disc case comes in a nice looking shielded cover and the product itself includes a Blu-Ray copy, DVD version and a code for a digital version copy which you can get on the website somehow which I haven't tried yet. The movie is beautiful Hi-Def which you would expect from any Blu-Ray movie, which is a real treat in this one when the sparks start flying(and there are many sparks). The Movie itself should be viewed only as a blockbuster summer flick for entertainment purposes only. If you havent watched this movie yet and are expecting it to be good then you will be utterly dissapointed. This movie has terrible story(tho not as bad as the second one), mediocre acting and the dialogue/humor sometimes is a little awkward and embarrassing(like almost any Michael Bay film these days). The action is great and intense just dont expect good deaths for the bad guys given almost all of them have a very stupid/pathetic death scene given to them regardless of how badass they are in the movie. Megatron, despite how badass he's supposed to be, is punked and pushed around the entire film and not given a proper death. Basically the movie feels a little rushed towards the end and the ending doesnt really feel like an ending more like they just wanted to finish the damm thing already. Oh and for the idiot people complaining this movie isnt the extended edition and rating it down because of it, learn to read. This is the version that was in theaters not a special edition but I will have to agree with the people complaining about the lack of extras in this disc. There are NONE, which is stupid but then again I got this product for the movie itself not to see how they made the damm thing so I got what I expected. They are going to release an extended version of this movie later on this year (around November/December) as well as the 3D version of the movie, which is NOT included in this version so if you want to watch the movie in 3D then you better off waiting for the later version instead.

I was so excited when I recieved the movie only 2 days after being told it had been shipped, and 2 days before it was estimated to get here. Insert dorky happy dance. I of course watched the movie right away and was completely stunned by the special effects. The other two movies had pretty awesome FX, but this movie topped them both. And there was just enough humor mixed in with all the action, I love how Bay makes it so you're one minute you're freaking out thinking a main characters going to die, and then the next you're laughing like crazy. Shia Labeouf contributed to that a lot, he's hilarious. The only thing I had a problem movie-wise was a couple of new characters I didn't recognize. I don't know how many people are familiar with the original cartoon, or any of the others they made after that, but I'll admit that I am and I haven't heard of Que or Dino and some of the others before. Not that I didn't like the characters, I just don't understand why they had to make some of them up when they literally have probably hundreds of originals to choose from (And they had Sideswipe but no Sunstreaker, how weird is that?). About the actual DVD though, I was disappointed in the lack of bonus features. I guess they're now charging us extra for that, too. Amazon needs to put in their product description that there are none on this DVD, so customers know ahead of time instead of popping the disc into their DVD player and being disappointed. All in all, awesome movie, excellent shipping, not too bad a price either. I'm happy with my purchase:)

I've been into director's commentaries and making of featurettes since they first started coming out on DVD's in the late 90's (The Matrix and Wargames come to mind for excellent commentaries). I've found that there is diminishing returns on these. Pretty much all the featurettes are worthless for new movies. Actors running around in front of blue/green screens and graphic artists sitting in front of computers are pretty much all the same. It's mostly boring stuff that might be watched once. They were cool when DVD was new and this stuff was fresh. But now, except for the true classics (original Star Wars trilogy), aren't even worth the time to watch. Transformers isn't going to have anything worth the time to even surf through. I've seen the features on the first two movies deluxe sets and they weren't anything worth watching. As for commentaries, these are sometimes very good. But this is only true for certain directors/producers for certain types of material (Donnie Darko for instance, Zack Snider also does a good job). Michael Bay's commentaries are generally worthless, where he just comments on how he likes some scene or how something looks totally awesome. Really, who cares, so he liked his own movie. Basically, this blu-ray has great picture and sound. That's all that people on the whole really want for this release. There isn't going to be some extended release later, so this isn't Avatar or Lord of the Rings "bare bones." This is the movie. So go buy it if you like big popcorn action/sci-fi, it's a decent film, with spectacular special effects. I strongly doubt any of the rumored future versions with special features will add much of value. What they will have is a higher price tag.

Excellent movie

Movie - 4.5 The first Transformers did a pretty good job. It has a great cast, great production value, a gripping score, and even a little humor. It's innocent enough that you feel for the character of Sam Witwicky, realize the scope of the Autobot/Decepticon war coming to earth, then get to watch it all unfold as a grand and adventurous sci-fi actioner. Revenge of the Fallen.. not so much. It takes the nobility out of Optimus Prime's character, overshadows the plot with a little too much juvenile humor, one-liners, and situational comedy for my tastes, then tries to go beyond the conventions of sci-fi by making a "heaven for robots," while also making its female lead completely infallible to makeup discrepancies, then decides to ghetto-fies its robot cast by adding two inadvertently segregating "black" twin robots, and even flashes the movie-goers with John Toturo's ass in a jock strap (not a pretty sight). So yes; a writer's strike, no story or script, and only a year to shoot set the movie franchise back a bit (at least from a fanbase perspective). Thankfully, though, Dark of the Moon makes up for it, even surpassing TF1 in terms of character development, overall scope, and of course, brevity of action. For the writing, I enjoyed three particular elements: the ambition and search for self-worth of Sam's character, the more gritty and no-holds-barred nature of the storytelling, and the downright sense of treachery that seemed to loom throughout many of the characters. We see Sam yearning to feel useful and finding a purpose in life. He can't a find a job despite saving the world twice already, but at the same time knows he's capable of so much more than the office job he ends up with. His new girlfriend doesn't want him to be as ambitious because she feels that same kind of ambition is what got her bother killed in the military. Yes, the first half of the film is about as "fluffy" in spirit as the first two, but the overall structure is much less comedic than the former and substitutes it with a more epic story and darker tone in the second half. People and robots are killed, betrayal runs amok, and total kinetic action ensues for pretty much the entire duration of the movie thereafter. It's escapist sci-fi robot fantasy at its best that's a technical marvel, wonderfully choreographed, and everything one could hope for in a Michael Bay film. Video - 5.0 - Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC - Video resolution: 1080p - Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 - Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1 Prior to this BD release I'd only seen Dark of the Moon in 3D in theaters (and 3 times, to boot). If the 3D was that impressive, I'm sure a 2D BD presentation would've been just as stellar as the previous entries, and boy is it. They really went all out in filming this using 6 different cameras, 4 types of film negatives, and another 6 types of cinematographic processes ranging between 35mm, digital, and 3D dual-strip. While TF2 barely accomplished anything with its crappy IMAX sequences (not crap in the sense of quality, but the fact that there was just so little of it), TF3 has some amazing cinematography in general, whether it be 2D or 3D. As far as the 2D presentation goes it's as demo-worthy as you can get. The CG and visual effects in particular are pristine and flawless in terms of detail and clarity. All the lines in the robotic parts, scuffs in peoples' faces, stubble on their chins, tiny bits of debris falling from the sky, sparks ricocheting off of exploding structures, water droplets from splashes, steam and smoke from fired weapons, everything is perfectly visible from any given angle under every kind of lighting imaginable. Blacks and contrast are the biggest draw for me revealing lots of fine texturing in the production design, while colors are very vibrant, particularly in opposition to the grittier look of the second half of the movie. There's hardly any noise to speak of aside from maybe a couple of dark shots filmed in 35mm. Everything has either a clean digital sheen or a fine layer of film grain. There's no over-saturation of colors, no noise reduction, edge enhancement, banding, or any of those detracting elements that may otherwise bog the video presentation. My favorite scenes for demo material would be the part where Sam meets Dylan for the first time (for a good contrast of colors with the least bit of CG) and, of course, any part of that massive last hour where they're fighting the Decepticons in Chicago (for a great mix of real and CG-integrated footage). I know the Oscar committee hates Michael Bay and are all about politics, but a film as technically sound as this needs to win an award at least for something like cinematography, visual effects, or editing. Audio - 5.0 Languages - English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 - English: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English: Dolby Digital 2.0 - French: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles - English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese Well, so much for Thor being my (previous) number one loudest BD (after its two-week reign). First, I want to address the supposed controversy about the use of a TrueHD encode. Yes, while TrueHD may be have the lowest bit rates of the three lossless codecs, it also takes up the least amount of disc space. I believe the reasoning behind this logic is because 1) it's still lossless; even TF1 has TrueHD and many people still refer to it as one of the premier demo discs, 2) not only does it still sound awesome, but it's even 7.1 to compensate for the fact that it is TrueHD in the first place, which if you consider TF1 to be pretty good, then this is even better, and 3) they need the extra space for the eventual 3D version which will surely take up more disc space, so instead of barely being able to fit a two and a half-hour movie in 3D AND with lossless audio without suffering possible compression issues, you do the math and tell me otherwise. Not to mention this disc already supports 3 other spoken languages in Dolby Digital 5.1 (again, more disc space). Now, as for the audio presentation itself, it should be a no-brainer. Greg P. Russell returns as re-recording mixer for, yet another, truly wonderful auditory experience. The guy has worked on all 3 Transformers films and 200 films altogether in his illustrious career. He's been nominated for 14 Oscars but hasn't won any because, again, the Oscar committee is full of pretentious sycophants that just won't give mainstream movies the credit they're due, let alone anything Michael Bay is a part of. Needless to say, this easily one of the finest presentations you'll hear on a BD. Dialogue remains clear from the center channel, even throughout the chaotic battle sequences, high and low ends are pitch-for-pitch perfect, directionality and separation are flawless from the remaining fronts, sides, and backs, and, of course, LFEs are expectedly ground-shaking. Specifically, the score by Steve Jablonsky is very fitting for the film. It works something to the affect of Hans Zimmer's work in The Dark Knight and Inception giving a very emotional feel to the happenings on screen. But it's to be expected since Jablonsky is a disciple of his. My favorite scenes: the highway chase when Bumblebee transforms in mid-air to catch Sam and the part where they fight Shockwave. Oscar committee, please be more open-minded and at least give Mr. Russell is much-deserved award. Extras - 0.5 There's nothing here, of course, as they're pulling off an Avatar and trying to capitalize as fast as they can. But at least Paramount gave early warning. I'm sure the eventual deluxe package will have the usual commentary and 2+ hours of special features on a separate disc when it comes out. As much work as they put into this, I'm actually very eager to see how they did it. Overall - 4.0 Based on the average scores and whether or not you even care for extras (or even 3D) this could either be a "buy now" or "buy it later" recommendation. I, for one, love special features in general and will gladly wait for a complete package. Those who don't mind a bare bones release, however, shouldn't hesitate to get this. This is easily the best of the three Transformers films. It has a gradually building plot structure, a better balance of humor, amazing production value, and is overall a darker and more satisfying film altogether. And with equally amazing A/V quality, fans of the franchise will definitely be pleased.

PLEASE NOTE: This product review is for the 3D Blu-Ray... Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Three-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy) This is the way "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was meant to be seen: in 3D! I saw this movie in 3D at the theater and I can tell you it was a great experience. The movie itself has some flaws, but the stereo image was simply amazing... say what you want about director Michael Bay, the man knows how to shoot action sequences! This is one of the most entertaining 3D movies to date, and is a no-brainer for anyone with a 3D TV. Not only is the picture quality top-notch, but the sound is great too. I recently watched an interview with sound mixer Greg P. Russell, and he said that the TF3 blu-ray sound mix was specifically tailored for home video release. Anyone who owns the previous blu-ray release would agree that the sound mix is incredible. This blu-ray will make a great demo when you show off your home theater system! Here is a detailed description of what is in this set: Disc 1: Feature Film -- Blu-Ray 3D Disc 2: Feature Film -- Blu-Ray Disc 3: Special Features -- Blu-Ray Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon - Rising from the Fallen: Development and Design - Ready for Prime Time: Filming Across America - Battle in the Heartland: Shooting in Chicago - Attack of the Birdmen: Aerial Stunts - Shadow of the Sentinel: Post-Production and Release - Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now Deconstructing Chicago: Multi-Angle Sequences - Previsualizations with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto - Previsualizations/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto - Visual Effects with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler - Visual Effects/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler The Art of Cybertron - Autobots - Decepticons - Environments - Weapons and Gear - Ships The Dark of the Moon Archive - 3D: A Transforming Visual Art - Moscow World Premiere - Birdmen Featurette - Cody's iPad - The Sound of Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Matrix of Marketing - Trailers - Marketing Gallery Disc 4: Feature Film -- DVD **There is also a digital copy included - both a standard digital copy for iTunes, and you can also stream the movie through UltraViolet. Additional Info: The blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portugese In summary, the difference between this set and the previous release, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) , is the addition of the 3D blu-ray and a bonus blu-ray with 4 hours of new special features.

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Great condition, Great movie. THANKSSS

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Good movie adds to my collection

Esta edición vale totalmente la pena, si eres fan de la saga no te vas a arrepentir. Sin embargo lo mismo de siempre de Amazon, el sobre no esta con nada que proteja la caja de la pelicula, lo cual hace que se maltrate, de allí en fuera todo de maravilla con la entrega.

This was a great kick back and watch film. On the surface it was a good storyline, considering it was a triptych, with great special effects and no gore. Preferred the first girlfriend as she seemed to have more sass. The cerebralists amongst you will no doubt strike analogies between good and evil, loads of "isms" and a typical American genre of a big ugly looking baddy being trounced by a good cute little WASP. Nonetheless, it was still a jolly good way to spend a couple of hours.